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Originally Posted by brianwspencer
You've got a point, and I'm not trying to deduce the reasons behind retiring GW, but he accomplished a whole hell of a lot, that based on our breeding industry here could be construed as him having proven himself enough.
I don't say that in jest either, he was a hell of a racehorse around a mile, and with his bloodlines he'd be a lucrative stud offering in any market really.
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usually they run them at four, but they were very up front about wanting his bloodlines, and didn't want to risk it if they ran him at four and lost him. but you'd think with the amount of danehills running around over there, they could have found another replacement. i don't think the raised eyebrows are about him so much as retiring a perfectly healthy newly turned three year old to take his place. but i'd imagine there were a lot of folks that booked to GW, and that's a lot of money to lose due to his issues, whatever they may be.